Articles from the May 23, 2013 edition

The second regional transportation meeting hosted by the city of Spokane drew more comments on the future of West Plains roadways last week. Held at Airway Heights’ Sunset Elementary School Thursday, May 16, the meeting expounded on a previous one...

If all goes according to plan, Cheney residents should see no difference in the re-organized structure of its Police Department – not even discolored areas on uniform sleeves where stripes used to be. After a review and discussions with the Police...

Changes are in store for the recycling center in Medical Lake, namely in the form of accepting glass. At its Tuesday, May 21 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council discussed the potential of ending its acceptance of glass at its recycling center....

Manipulated photos, magazine covers, book designs and various other digital design projects were on display last week at Medical Lake High School, all created by students. Led by high school teachers Jason Spakowski and Don Parr, the students worked...

Eastern Washington University students will remain on the quarter system rather than begin a switch to semesters, at least for the immediate future. At last Thursday’s regular board of trustees, meeting members agreed to accept a recommendation...

This weekend is Memorial Day weekend. Officially it’s about remembering those who died in the service of their country, but the three-day timeframe also marks the unofficial beginning of summer. It’s also one of the deadliest weekends on the...

Keep an eye out for the next Justin Bieber or Mark Zuckerberg at freshman orientation. Also, most of today’s class of 2013 entered college likely displaying some form of hearing loss. The Beloit College Mindset List is an eye-opening read, showing...

Let’s be blunt about the STEP casino. 1,600-plus Spokane Indians and 4,200 (more or less) residents of Airway Heights are so grasping and greedy that they are willing to sell 468,000-plus citizens of Spokane County down the drain for their gain....

Back in their day, the tea party folks were riding high, fueling indignation over alleged government-run death panels, a treasonous Federal Reserve and the like. They commandeered sparsely attended Republican primaries, managing to nominate for...

In a region that values the outdoors, citizens are being deprived of a beautiful gem, the Fish Lake Trail. This trail would allow non-motorized transit between Spokane and Cheney but it sits unfinished, needing only 2.2 miles of pavement. Some...

StageWest Community Theater of The West Plains would like to thank everyone that attended our last production of “Arsenic and Old Lace,” by Joseph Kesselring, making it a fantastic success. Also for those of you that attended the Old English...

The editorial on an IRS apology by Joseph Farah disturbs me because of his lack of historical background of investigations by the said agency. The IRS has been using its power of investigation to harass dissident groups in our country in all of my...

Emmanuel Lutheran Church The Holy Trinity will be celebrated at Emmanuel Lutheran Church this Sunday, May 26. All are welcome to worship at 10:30 a.m. Christian education for grade school children through adults begin at 9 a.m. Mark your calendars:...

Lorene Robinette passed away peacefully in her sleep, on Wednesday, March 13 at her home outside Cheney. She was born in Spokane, on June 1, 1924. She graduated from Cheney High School and went on to... Full story

10 Years Ago May 29, 2003 A projected $5.8 million loss of state revenue over the next two years meant Eastern Washington University faced both cutting staff, and increasing tuition by an estimated 9 percent, adding $302 per year to in state costs an...

The name “natural gas” might be a puzzle. After all, how could there be such a thing as unnatural gas? The reason we call natural gas what we do has to do with history. There was a day that people made burnable gas by heating coal. The gases...

StageWest Community Theater is once again teaming with the Medical Lake School District to bring a children’s drama workshop to local would-be actors, actresses, directors and those interested in being a part of live theater. The two-week workshop...

Seven first place finishes propelled the Cheney girls track and field squad to a third-place finish last Friday at the regional gluing meet with teams from the Central Washington Athletic Conference. And while that’s something to celebrate, given...